The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-10-20

.. Matthew.
9. James ii.
10. Simon Zelotes.
IL. Judas. Brother Of James ii.
u. Matthias.
Alphabetically, the list is as follows:
i. Andrew. Brother OF Peter.
2. Bartholomew. (Nathanael.)
3. James i. Brother of John.
4. James ii. Brother of Judas and Simon ii.
5. John. Brother of James j.
6. Judas j. Same as Jude, Lebbeus Thad-
deus, Juda. Mark, 6:3.) Brother of James ii
and Simon ii.
z. Judas ii. Qscariot.)
8. Matthew.
8. Philip.
10. Simon 1. (Peter.)
IL. Simon ii. (Zelotes.) Brother Of James ii
and Simon ii.
~. Thomas.
The following is the list in the order of their
calls:
i. Andrew, St. John, 1 40
2. Peter, st. John, 1 Al, 42.
3. Philip. st. John, l.: :43.
4. Nathaniel, St. John, L As
5. James j. Matt, A: :21.
g. John, Matt, 4 81.
z. Matthew, Matt, 9:9.
g. Thomas, Luke, 6:15.
Q. James H. Luke, 6: 10.
10. Simon Zelotes, Luke, 6: 10.
IL. Jude, Luke, 6: 10.
IL. Judas Luke, :16.
study of these various lists gives Us the
succeeding notes:
l. There are three groups Of brothers, to wit,
Andrew and Peter; James and JOAN; and
James ii, Jude and Simon ii.
2. All 12 were Galileans. Seven were Of
Capernaum and vicinity.
3. Five OF them wrote parts Of the New
Testament-Sts. James ii, John, jude Matthew
and Peter. st. James wrote one book st.
John. five; ST. Jude, one; st. Matthew, one
and st. Peter, two. Two wrote Gospels-Sts.
Matthew and John. 1t is held by many that
st. Mark was but an amanuensis Of st. Peter.
In such case three Gospels were by Apostles,
and st. Peter wrote three books of the New
Testament Ten books fully one-third of the
New Testament) were written by Apostles.
4. st. John gives no list of the Twelve.
5. Two lists are given by St. Luke, TO wit, one
in his Gospel, and the other in the Acts Of the
Apostles.
g. The only Apostle who gave list was st.
2. If st. Peter were really the author of st.
Mark, then, in giving list of the Apostles, he
| causes his name 10 lead the rest. st. Matthew
was more modest; since in his list he places his
name eighth in order.
8. ST. Peter leads all the four lists. He was
not, however, the first called, but the second.
.. The first four Apostles of each list are the
i .
This is true also of the second group of fours,
and also of the third group. Practically the
| third group of fOurs in the fourth list is the
same, since Matthias took the place of Judas.
10. SITS. Peter, Philip, James H. and Judas ii,
have their names in the same respective order
in all the four lists st. Peter is first in all !;
| st. Philip is fifth in all James ii is ninth in
all, and Judas ii is last in all, Matthias taking
| the place of Judas ii In the fourth list.
IL. In the lists of st. Matthew and Luke the
1 three groups Of brothers are together SITS.
| Peter and Andrew are numbers and 2; st.
James and John are and 4, and Sts. James ii,
| Lebbeus and Simon ii are g. 10 and IL.
Il. Though the same person, to wit, st. Luke,
| gives the list third and fourth, yet said lists
| differ in the order of tho names.
Is. Two were named James; two, Jude; two,
| Simon.
IL Judas is last in all the lists Is there
| anything significant in this fact? As an Offset
| To this question, is there anything significant
| in the fact that st. Peter leads every list?
| 10. The three brothers, James ii, Jude OF
| Lebbeus and Simon Zelotes were cousins of
| Christ. Was their selection nepotism2 That
surely is not a serious nor dangerous nepotism,
| to wit the choice of near relations TO be CON-
panions in persecution, trial and death.
Ii. The leaders of each four of the three
groups into which all four lists are divided are
the same, 10 wit, SITS. Peter, Philip and James H.
II. In two accounts or lists, viz, those of
| SITS. Mark and Luke, the name of st. Matthew
is given in the order Of his call, to wit, the
4 seventh.
| Is. We might expect ST. Matthew to put his
| name last in his list but the rule requiring one
| TO mention himself at the close of list is q
| mere fat OF etiquet, subject TO the whims of
| society. Then, men who wrote as they were
| moved of the Holy Ghost were not given any
margin of liberty as to how to arrange names.
10. No two lists are alike in the order of
| names.
20. 1t is thought the second list is according
to the ranks Of the Apostles before Christ's
| death, while the fourth gives the names as they
ranked after Christ's death.
| We learn from st. Mark. 6:7, that when
| Christ sent out the Twelve he directed them TO
| 90 two by two. st. Matt, To- ., states the
commission. We may suppose that list number
| gives tho names of the Apostles by the
groups Of two. Thus we find the six groups as
/ follows:
| l. Sts Peter and Andrew.
| g Sts. James and John.
3. Sts. Philip and Bartholomew.
4. SITS. Thomas and Matthew.
s. SITS. James ii and Lebbeus.
| g. SITS. Simon il and Judas ii.
| Studying the Apostles as far as We have data,
| we see great fitness in these groupings.
| Sts Peter and Andrew could work wei to-
gether. Then, it was ft not to part brothers.
| Peter was an ultraist, rash. eager. Andrew Was
the most cautious Of the Twelve. They could
temper each other.
Sts James and John were brothers. James
was quite advanced in years, while John was q